What makes the wind blow? How can rain sometimes be red? Why are tornadoes like vacuum cleaners? You'll find out the answers and lots more about weird and wonderful weather in this fascinating book.
This series allows readers to see how earth's landforms have developed over millions of years. This exciting new geography series introduces some of the earths major landforms, including all key characteristics of their physical geography and how they have come to look the way they do. An examination through case studies, maps, and aerial photographs, illustrates the affects humans have had on …
Vivid full-color photographs accompany informative text describing plant, animal, and Native American life in the extreme heat of America's Sonoran Desert. A fact-filled book that is great for supporting social studies.
Kids are deeply concerned about the state of their world. These titles show how the environment was damaged and how it can be repaired.
Illustrations and simple text discuss water, where it comes from and how it is treated so that we can use it for drinking, washing, and playing.
This is the story of a drop of water, told by a gifted science writer and illustrated with remarkable paintings. Meredith Hooper takes us back thousands of years to see where the Earth's water came from, and how life began in the oceans and later moved onto land. She describes the water cycle, the relationship between water and living things and between water and erosion. She also discusses imp…
Introduces young children to fundamental aspects of nature, science and technology-- Inspired by the questions children ask about the world around them
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back! The classic title that started the award-winning series! Join Ms. Frizzle and her students as they follow the trail of water, from its sky-high source to the school bathroom sink on this wet and wi…